Kukla's Korner Hockey

The Blue Jackets are paying their top 12 forwards about $24 million this season, roughly $6 million more than the entire roster made in 2000-01, the inaugural season.
The Jackets expected to be an offensive force, but they aren’t getting much bang for their buck so far.
"We have to create more scoring chances, it’s just that simple," coach Gerard Gallant said. "I thought we played a real good game defensively (Saturday), but we didn’t create enough and we didn’t capitalize on the few chances we did get.
"There’s no reason we should be struggling to score goals like this. With the people we have? There’s no reason at all."